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OK, we have a small company (roughly 300 pcs) and we build our own pc's. Usually we stick with Intel parts as they have great service and are very reliable in our opinion. As you more than likely know Intel is going to cease making desktop motherboards so I need to find a reliable brand to switch to (we try to keep everything somewhat the same). I’m not looking for individual comparison’s, and im not looking for high end gaming pc’s (although we do have engineers running software like solidworks). What I need to know is who has good support, warranty, and reliable products. I don’t care if they make the fastest mobos in the industry crammed with all the features ill never use if I have to go out every 3 months to replace them. ASUS and Gigabyte stand out to me. How do they compare?

Thank you in advance for any advice or help
 
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I've had good luck with Asus but I usually use AMD processors. There is a feature on Asus/AMD mobos that enables you to unlock locked cores. So you, in effect get an AMD core for free. I usually get 5 to 7 years out of an Asus business class machine.

Hardware changes so fast it's hard to keep track of. My strategy for a business class machine is to get the specs from Tom's latest bottom end graphics build and then substitute an Asus mobo that has onboard graphics and build from there. I usually stay one generation back from the latest release figuring the bugs have been worked out when I buy it. I don't use any overclocking so the boxed cooler is fine. And a business class machine typically doesn't need much of a hard drive and...
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I've had good luck with Asus but I usually use AMD processors. There is a feature on Asus/AMD mobos that enables you to unlock locked cores. So you, in effect get an AMD core for free. I usually get 5 to 7 years out of an Asus business class machine.

Hardware changes so fast it's hard to keep track of. My strategy for a business class machine is to get the specs from Tom's latest bottom end graphics build and then substitute an Asus mobo that has onboard graphics and build from there. I usually stay one generation back from the latest release figuring the bugs have been worked out when I buy it. I don't use any overclocking so the boxed cooler is fine. And a business class machine typically doesn't need much of a hard drive and definitely no SSD because they just aren't cost effective in a business class machine. And if you are using Win32 you don't need more then 4Gb RAM. Check the AMD site for RAM compatibility.

For the engineers that need the graphics I would think the mid level gaming machine would probably suffice.

IMO the most important thing about mobo's is to keep the BIOS up to date. That's true whether you build it yourself or buy a packaged machine.
 
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sp0o0n

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Thanks thx,

i appreciate any information i can get. have you had any experience with the support side of AMD / Asus? Because i mean we have been using Intel for several years and on the small occasions where we have a problem they would go through their short check sheet and in the end RMA it whether it was my fault and just faulty equipment. most of the time i would have done everything before i called them and they would just skip the process and RMA.With their 3 year support cant really go wrong. Just looking for a company that wont just say "hey, that sucks, buy this new board instead." know what i mean?
 
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We only have about 40 machines (37 at the moment) but I've never had to call for support so I'm not sure how responsive they are. We do regular quarterly preventive maintenance and check for BIOS and driver updates at the same time. The last one I had go bad was two years ago and that was due to a nearby lightning strike and a bad surge suppressor in the UPS so I didn't bother to call anyone. The machine was 4 years old so I just replaced the whole machine not knowing what else might have been compromised. Using the above strategy we can get the hardware cost down to < $300 so it doesn't make a lot of sense to throw very much time at a problem machine.
 
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